Weekend 20-22 Thoughts

I had a chance to chat with the wife of a friend last week.

Her husband is Beta Epsilon frat brother Junette Cruz.  i do not remember his batch.  If you are a Betan aged 50 and above, you have probably been to the house - where i live - as i live in ye olde homestead in Kamias.  Junette (Juanito is his real name) remembers the house and has pointed out the same to his wife, Marlyn.

Junette is currently undergoing dialysis.  Dialysis costs about 4K plus per session, and he has 2 sessions per week.  Diabetes caused his ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease).   Hemo-Dialysis is NOT easy, and it is expensive.  Money doesnt flow the way it used to flow....

Did you guys know that Junette has a special child?  Well, now you know.  

If there are any Betans or other friends out there with money to burn, you might want to say hello, or better yet, send him some special loving through a deposit to his bank account.  Every bit helps. Do you know that 300 will pay for transportation costs?  I have his cell phone and his wife's cell phone number.... so if you want to know, just comment or send email through this post. 

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When one is sick, and boy do i know this well, one feels things a lot more deeply.  Hurts are deeper,  Pains are sharper, but a bonus, Joys are .... more ebullient and ecstatic.  And one feels lonelier.  A little kind word to say hello goes a long way.  Do you have a sibling who is sick?  Have you asked if he or she is still alive and well?  No?  Ah, then at least you have shown your true colors.

Or are you envious and jealous because this sibling seems to have money you dont have so you dont care?  Do you wish the person dead so you might inherit?  Hahaha.  Fret not, you are probably not in the will anyway. 

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In a strange way, there was communication with Edgar H. Sarte last weekend.  i found several letters that he wrote to me while i was at STI.  Some of them, if you will believe it, discussed/talked about STI policy.  i always did ask him when there were things i didnt agree with;  i would tell him why i and he would return the favor.  Such were the letters.  I did found 2 pictures of Angelo, he would send them sometimes as Angelo is my godson. My, he was so very young then.  Now, from Vilma's FB, he is grown into a handsome young man.  i wonder what Ed wants to say .....  i have seen him several times in my dreams so maybe one of these nights he will make an appearance.

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i did go and visit the Pharisees.  And although i know i am healed, i fear i must visit the Pharisees some more.

my brilliant nephro, my Sayans high school classmate, Dr. Benita S. Padilla - who still heads the NGO Kidney Friends - she is connected with NKTI (National Kidney and Transplant Institute), has changed my meds again.. If she had been my doc from the beginning, i may not have needed the transplant in 2008.

Still, God has a plan and i abide by His Will.

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and oh, i re-arranged my elephant collection.  havent taken the pics yet ...
just to fascinate you, i have elephant buttons, elephant hair clips, an elephant push pin, an elephant pair of salt-and-pepper containers, an elephant shaped pillow, an elephant candle holder, an elephant eraser,  elephant paper clips, an elephant picture frame, and elephant odds-and-ends.  :-)